manuscript
Meaningwritten by hand
Common meaning: a text written by hand or before printing
- manthe handLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1111 · scan
- scriptto write; to mark with linesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1647 · scan
‘the hand’ + ‘to write’ → manuscript
Journey through time
- man — Latin manus, -ūs “the hand” (path traced)
- script — Latin scrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum “to write; to mark with lines” (path traced)
- Latinmanus, -ūs + scrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum‘the hand + to write’
- Englishmanuscript‘a text written by hand or before printing’ · today
man also in: manufacturemicromanage
script also in: scripturedescribeprescribesubscribesubscript
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin manus ‘the hand’ + Latin scrībō ‘to write; to mark with lines’.
Did you know (Latin scribere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry scrībō, p. 1647 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin manus, the…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry manus, p. 1111 · dictionary scan
Roots
- manus, -ūs Latin “the hand”
- scrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum Latin “to write; to mark with lines”
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